-The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 in Southwark on the south bank of London’s River Thames by Richard Burbage.

-The Globe was built as a large, round, open air theatre. There was a roof around the circumference which covered the seating area, leaving the theatre looking like a doughnut from above.

-The Globe had three stories of seating and was able to hold up to 3,000 spectators in it’s 100 foot diameter.

-At the base of the stage, there was a pit, for where a penny, people could watch the play. A rectangular stage in the center of the open air amphitheater stood above the crowd, with a trap door on the center, for the actors to go to and from the understage(backstage).

The Globe Theatre